Item CR9/20/29 - Letter from Sarup Chand and Mahtab Rai

Date(s) on item: Reg. yr 6, Dhu al-Hijjah 8 received: August 1 received
Harkarahs coming from the district of Kharbane [?] have reported that some of the unemployed and grandees of that district are creating trouble and the inhabitants of the area are seeking help from the authorities to bring law and order. As it disrupts the affairs of the Company it is requested that you issue orders to the relevant person responsible for the administration of that area and to keep an eye on the affairs of this district as well as provide help to the person in charge of Kothi in that district. The revenue from this district has not been collected for the past two years and the people in this area have used some of the land to construct new houses and to build a water pond and do not deposit any taxes in the treasury. The Company have appointed Jathmal as administrator / Amil of this district so that he can call all the inhabitants and ask them to pay their dues. But these people got together and created a riot and injured most of the people who were accompanying the administrator. The administrator has written details of this affair to me and I am passing this information to you. I request that you appoint armed guards who can go there and accompany the administrator in the execution of his duties so that he can prepare rent rolls and assess the revenue of district